He chose a future in which Golden Dragon died, then pulled Golden Dragon backward from the present into the future Blood Cloud had chosen, letting Golden Dragon die in place of his future "self."
Golden Dragon died in the present and died in the future, so he was dead. How was that to be understood? By borrowing the geometric concept that two points determine a straight line.
The present was life, the future was death. Pulling him from the present into the future meant walking from life toward death. When the two points overlapped, Golden Dragon's death would be fixed.
Blood Cloud thought for a long time, but in truth, it had only been an instant. The moment he discovered that Golden Dragon had fled, he gave chase.
Though both were Daluo Golden Immortals, Blood Cloud was far faster than Golden Dragon. Teleportation could not be used within Buzhou Mountain's territory, so Blood Cloud quickly caught up to him.
"Little loach, where do you think you're going?"
Blood Cloud's icy voice reached Golden Dragon's ears.
Golden Dragon's expression immediately darkened. Then he saw a figure flash into existence before him.
Looking at Blood Cloud, Golden Dragon suppressed the hostility in his heart and forced an ugly smile onto his face.
"Fellow Daoist, Daluo Golden Immortals transcend spacetime and fate, reverse karma and reincarnation. You cannot kill me. Why not each take a step back? You take your broad sunlit road, and I'll take my single-log bridge. Let us pretend we never met."
Golden Dragon stared fixedly at Blood Cloud, as though he wished to memorize every inch of his appearance.
"Fellow Daoist Golden Dragon, I want to see whether Daluo Golden Immortals are truly immortal. Please grant me this wish!"
Blood Cloud looked at Golden Dragon with a half-smile.
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